Jatin Ambegaonkar talks about improving health and wellness in dance, and the multiple external contributing factors to the wellbeing of dancers. We chat more generally about the approaches to research and the balance between clinical/lab work in dance science, and the importance of working within dancers' own settings and the dance population's unique needs. A discussion informed predominantly by supplemental training, we talk about the benefits of this for dancers in both injury risk reduction and performance enhancement. Importantly, Jatin looks at how teachers have the ability to create proactive environments in the studio that encourage healthy dancers, facilitating health literacy.

Resources -

Kozai, A., & Ambegaonkar, J. P. (2020). Health Literacy for Collegiate Dancers: Provision and Perceptions of Health-Related Education in University Dance Programs. Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, 24(3), 118–125. https://doi.org/10.12678/1089-313X.24.3.118

Ambegaonkar, J. P., & Brown, A. F. (2021). Nutrition Periodization in Dancers. Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America, 32(1), 65–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmr.2020.09.001

Ambegaonkar, J. P., Chong, L., & Joshi, P. (2021). Supplemental Training in Dance: A Systematic Review. Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America, 32(1), 117–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmr.2020.09.006

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Cover art by Jill North. Original image by Young Images Photography. Intro sound by William Cook.